Saturday, July 6, 2013

We haven't seen Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment's Despicable Me 2 yet, but we've already been inspired by the new "evil" side to the otherwise adorable horde of minions. I thought, whether we make it to the theater this summer, or not, it would be fun to make up a few split personality finger puppets - sweet and yellow on the outside - crazy and purple on the inside.

Reversible, felt, finger puppets, minion or otherwise, are fairly simple to put together. Start by making two separate puppets out of felt...

...like so...

Then, when you have them both complete, turn one of them inside out (leaving the little arms pushed in).

Push the inside-out puppet into the outside-out puppet...

....and whip stitch them together around the bottom edge (in this case just the purple and yellow layers).

So, you'll be ready to save the world...

...or...

...wreak some havoc...

...depending on your mood.

Oh, and speaking of the movie, was that really a corn chip sombrero I saw Gru wearing in the preview?

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I'm a homeschool mom of six. My family has been homeschooling for about seventeen years. And, each year, we've learned a little more about having fun, and spending less, while learning more. It's great to be a homeschooler!

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